1927
Rayford
2001
Rayford "Bud" Pulliam
November 14, 1927 — August 10, 2001
RAYFORD EARL PULLIAM, JR.
RAYFORD "BUD" PULLIAM OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI, WAS BORN NOVEMBER 14, 1927, IN DELLASSUS, MISSOURI, A SON OF HOMER AND RUTH (NICHOLSON) SMITH. BUD DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HIS RESIDENCE ON AUGUST 10, 2001, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SEVENTY-THREE YEARS, EIGHT MONTHS AND TWENTY- SEVEN DAYS.
BUD WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO NELLIE SHAW ON MAY 4, 1963, IN FAYETTVILLE, ARKANSAS, THEY WERE BLESSED WITH SIXTEEN CHILDREN.
BUD IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE, NELLIE PULLIAM OF IRONDALE, NINE SONS, GARY PULLIAM AND WIFE MARY ANN OF DOE RUN, JAMES "BUTCH" PULLIAM OF IRONDALE, TOMMY PULLIAM AND WIFE ELAINE OF IRONDALE, BRIAN "ZEKE" PULLIAM AND WIFE LYNN OF IRONDALE, GALE PULLIAM AND WIFE DIANE OF POTOSI, DWAYNE PULLIAM OF IRONDALE, RUSTY PULLIAM AND WIFE ALANA OF PARK HILLS, AARON "PETE" PULLIAM OF IRONDALE, BRANDON PULLIAM AND WIFE CRYSTAL OF EBO, SIX DAUGHTERS, TINA WORLEY AND HUSBAND MIKE OF ST. MARY, RUTH PULLIAM OF IRONDALE, SANDRA WHITE AND HUSBAND LARRY OF PARK HILLS, ARTIA "MISSY" PULLIAM OF POTOSI, CRYSTAL PULLIAM OF IRONDALE, TERRI PULLIAM OF IRONDALE, SEVENTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, SIX GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, GOOD FRIEND, HAROLD LAYTON OF BISMARCK, AUNT RUBY JOHNSON OF FARMINGTON, AND BY MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS, OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. BUD WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, HOMER AND RUTH SMITH, ONE SON, KEVIN PULLIAM, A GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER, DANIELLE WOODS AND A SISTER, VIRGINIA WEILER.
BUD ENJOYED VISITING WITH HIS MANY FRIENDS AND ALWAYS FOUND TIME TO LISTEN AND SHARE IDEAS WITH THEM. BUD HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR FOX HUNTING AND TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN RAISING HIS OWN FOX HOUNDS.
A KIND AND LOVING HUSBAND, CHERISHED FATHER AND DEAR FRIEND WHO WILL BE SADLY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY ALL.
VISITATION WAS HELD SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2001, FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN IRONDALE.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2001, AT 1:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE CHAPEL WITH REVEREND DAVEY WELKER OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN PARKVIEW CEMETERY, FARMINGTON, MISSOURI, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, IRONDALE.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, TOMMY PULLIAM, BRIAN PULLIAM, GALE PULLIAM, DWAYNE PULLIAM, AARON PULLIAM AND RUSTY PULLIAM.
RAYFORD "BUD" PULLIAM OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI, WAS BORN NOVEMBER 14, 1927, IN DELLASSUS, MISSOURI, A SON OF HOMER AND RUTH (NICHOLSON) SMITH. BUD DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HIS RESIDENCE ON AUGUST 10, 2001, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SEVENTY-THREE YEARS, EIGHT MONTHS AND TWENTY- SEVEN DAYS.
BUD WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO NELLIE SHAW ON MAY 4, 1963, IN FAYETTVILLE, ARKANSAS, THEY WERE BLESSED WITH SIXTEEN CHILDREN.
BUD IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE, NELLIE PULLIAM OF IRONDALE, NINE SONS, GARY PULLIAM AND WIFE MARY ANN OF DOE RUN, JAMES "BUTCH" PULLIAM OF IRONDALE, TOMMY PULLIAM AND WIFE ELAINE OF IRONDALE, BRIAN "ZEKE" PULLIAM AND WIFE LYNN OF IRONDALE, GALE PULLIAM AND WIFE DIANE OF POTOSI, DWAYNE PULLIAM OF IRONDALE, RUSTY PULLIAM AND WIFE ALANA OF PARK HILLS, AARON "PETE" PULLIAM OF IRONDALE, BRANDON PULLIAM AND WIFE CRYSTAL OF EBO, SIX DAUGHTERS, TINA WORLEY AND HUSBAND MIKE OF ST. MARY, RUTH PULLIAM OF IRONDALE, SANDRA WHITE AND HUSBAND LARRY OF PARK HILLS, ARTIA "MISSY" PULLIAM OF POTOSI, CRYSTAL PULLIAM OF IRONDALE, TERRI PULLIAM OF IRONDALE, SEVENTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, SIX GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, GOOD FRIEND, HAROLD LAYTON OF BISMARCK, AUNT RUBY JOHNSON OF FARMINGTON, AND BY MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS, OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. BUD WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, HOMER AND RUTH SMITH, ONE SON, KEVIN PULLIAM, A GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER, DANIELLE WOODS AND A SISTER, VIRGINIA WEILER.
BUD ENJOYED VISITING WITH HIS MANY FRIENDS AND ALWAYS FOUND TIME TO LISTEN AND SHARE IDEAS WITH THEM. BUD HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR FOX HUNTING AND TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN RAISING HIS OWN FOX HOUNDS.
A KIND AND LOVING HUSBAND, CHERISHED FATHER AND DEAR FRIEND WHO WILL BE SADLY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY ALL.
VISITATION WAS HELD SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2001, FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN IRONDALE.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2001, AT 1:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE CHAPEL WITH REVEREND DAVEY WELKER OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN PARKVIEW CEMETERY, FARMINGTON, MISSOURI, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, IRONDALE.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, TOMMY PULLIAM, BRIAN PULLIAM, GALE PULLIAM, DWAYNE PULLIAM, AARON PULLIAM AND RUSTY PULLIAM.
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